Pickled Egg Appetizer With Pumpkin Ale Recipes

EASY PICKLED EGGS (NO CANNING REQUIRED)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except eggs, garlic, and dill in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Add garlic clove to the jar. Place 3 eggs in a large jar. Top with some of the cooked onion slices and a sprig of dill. Repeat until the jar is full.
• Pour the liquid over the eggs and seal the jar.
• Refrigerate at least 3-4 days before eating (1 week is best).

PURPLE PICKLED EGGS

Steps:

• 1. Hard-boil eggs and peel. Place eggs in a deep container that seals such as a gallon jar (I use a gallon glass jar with a wide mouth opening and lid).
• 2. Carefully open cans of beets and pour beet juice in a separate bowl.
• 3. Drop beets on top of peeled eggs in jar/container. This will hold down the eggs.
• 4. Measure the beet juice from the 3 cans of beets and carefully pour juice into a good size saucepan.
• 5. To the beet juice, add equal parts of white sugar and white vinegar (ie. 2 c beet juice, 2 c sugar, 2 c white vinegar; do not use apple cider vinegar, it changes the flavor completely).
• 6. Heat beet juice, sugar, and vinegar until it almost is ready to boil. Stir occasionally to ensure sugar dissolves.
• 7. Remove juice mixture when ready to boil and carefully pour hot mixture over beets and eggs.
• 8. Do not stir until the mixture is totally cooled down. This allows the weight of beets to hold eggs down and keeps them immersed in the hot beet juice mixture.
• 9. I let my eggs sit overnight before I stir them. You do not need to refrigerate these eggs because the vinegar pickles them. They will keep for 2 weeks.
• 10. I make my purple pickled eggs 3 days before I will need them to ensure a good pickling and a deep purple color. The longer they pickle, the better they are!
• 11. EXTRA TIP: These eggs make a great sandwich with some mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
• 12. REMEMBER: Always use equal parts of beet juice, white sugar, and white vinegar.

CHIPOTLE AND ADOBO PICKLED EGGS

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine the vinegar, water, garlic, onion, salt, sugar, chipotle chiles and adobo sauce. Bring to a boil, and cook until the onion is translucent, about 15 minutes.
• Place the hard-cooked eggs into clean jars. Strain the boiling brine into the jars to cover the eggs. Cover with lids and refrigerate for at least 3 days before serving. Store in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks.

BALSAMIC PICKLED EGGS

Steps:

• Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, and peel.
• Place the onion, balsamic, water, sugar, and garlic in a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil, then remove from stovetop, and allow to cool to room temperature. Place the eggs in a glass jar, and the vinegar over top. Cover, and refrigerate for 4 to 5 days before serving; the longer the better!

PICKLED EGG APPETIZER WITH PUMPKIN ALE

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add baby spinach and toss lightly to coat.
• Divide salad on serving plates.
• Place 2-sliced pickled eggs, 2-slices Bauernwurst and 4 baby dill pickle slices on salad.
• Season Bauernwurst with fine sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
• Spread Sweet Dark Mustard over Bauernwurst.
• Serve with a Cold Shock Top Pumpkin Ale.
• Garnish plates with Fresh Parsley Sprigs.
• *Chef's Note: Bauernwurst is a German Farmer's Sausage.

PICKLED EGG APPETIZER WITH GUINNESS BLACK LAGER

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add baby spinach and toss lightly to coat.
• Divide salad on serving plates. Place 2-sliced Irish Bangers, 2- pickled eggs and 4 pickles on salad.
• Season with fine sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
• Spread Guinness Spicy Mustard over sliced Irish Bangers.
• Serve with a 12-ounce Cold Guinness Black Lager.

PICKLED EGG APPETIZER WITH BLUE MOON WHEAT ALE

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add baby spinach and toss lightly to coat.
• Divide salad on serving plates.
• Place 2-sliced pickled eggs, 2-slices liverwurst and 6-Kalamata olives and 6-Marinated Mushrooms on salad plates.
• Season eggs and liverwurst with fine sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
• Spread Sweet and Spicy Bavarian Mustard over liverwurst.
• Serve with Blue Moon Belgian Wheat Ale.
• Garnish plates with Fresh Parsley Sprigs.
• Chef's Note: *Hengstenberg Sweet and Spicy Bavarian Mustard.

PUMPKIN PICKLE

Steps:

• Put the prepared pumpkin in a bowl and sprinkle over 2 tbsp sea salt. Toss well, cover and leave at room temperature for 24 hrs.
• Sterilise your jars before you start (see tip, below). Drain and rinse the pumpkin, then tip into a large pan. Add the onion, apple pieces, mustard, coriander and nigella seeds, the sugar, vinegar and bay leaves. Pour 200ml water over everything, then put on a medium heat and bring to a simmer. Put a lid on the pan, leaving a gap for steam to escape, turn the heat up to medium-high and cook for 8 mins.
• Use a cup to scoop out some liquid from the pan and mix 50ml with the turmeric and flour in a small bowl to make a smooth paste. Add a little more of the liquid, mixing well to remove any lumps, until the paste becomes runny, then pour into the pan, and add the ginger and chilli. Simmer for another 5 mins, uncovered, stirring until thickened and the squash has softened but still retains some bite.
• Carefully fill your sterilised jars with the pickle while it's still hot, pressing the chunks of squash down into the liquid to expel air pockets, then pop on the lid. Will keep in a cool, dark place for up to a year. Once opened, store in the fridge and eat within a month. Best served after being left to mature for a month or more, but can be eaten straightaway.

PICKLED EGGS

Steps:

• Pour the beet juice into a medium-size pot. Stir in the brown sugar, vinegar, water, salt, cloves, and the cinnamon stick. Place the pot over a medium heat for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Place the beets into the liquid mixture and let it cook for an additional 2 minutes to allow the beets to heat.
• Place the hard cooked eggs (with the shells removed) in a container with a tight-fitting lid. Pour the liquid and beets into the container with the eggs. Store the container in the refrigerator for approximately 5 days before eating.

PICKLED EGG APPETIZER WITH ORANGE WHEAT BEER

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add baby spinach and toss lightly to coat.
• Divide salad on serving plates.
• Place 2-sliced pickled eggs, 2-slices Andouille Spicy Sausage and 4 baby dill pickle slices on salad.
• Season Andouille Spicy Sausage with fine sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
• Spread Creole mustard over Andouille Spicy Sausage.
• Serve with Hanger 24 Orange Wheat Beer.
• Garnish plates with Fresh Parsley Sprigs.